Central Germany, the tightly-woven cultural and economic area in the present day states of Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia, was already one of the leading metropolitan regions in Europe by the end of the 19th century. The cultural heritage of the Central German region is of global importance, with names such as Luther, Bach and Handel, the Gründerzeit and Bauhaus.

Today, Central Germany is one of the most innovative, orward-looking regions in Europe, thanks to a combination of location factors:

Geographical position at the centre of the new Europe

Highly modern infrastructure

Ideal traffic, transport and communication links

Dense network of universities and research institutes

Establishment of highly-efficient networks and clusters

Key industrial sectors such as automobiles and engineering, chemicals and plastics, life sciences, energy and the environment, media and IT, logistics